Barely a week after Anushka Sharma launched her clothing brand with an autumn-winter collection comprising 160 pieces, to be available across online stores and major retail outlets across the country, and a promo that lays emphasis on her deep involvement in every step of designing the line, the actress now finds herself in a copyright row. The clothing label's launch has been swiftly followed by online reports that some of the pieces from the extremely trendy and on-point collection are actually a direct lift from an array of Chinese e-commerce websites.

Among the items that have invited particular scrutiny are a black bomber jacket with floral motifs, a pink bomber jacket, a parka, a tan trench coat and a pair of striped pants in monochrome. In the promo video, Anushka is seen brainstorming for extended periods of time with a team of designers and stylists about her personal aesthetics, subsequent addition and removal of details on outfits and cruelty-free clothing, among others. "One of these meetings lasted nine hours," the 29-year-old actress-filmmaker is heard saying at one point.

Given her proactive involvement in the venture, the allegations have come as a surprise. "There were meetings we would have at the sampling stage of the collection and I remember slotting two hours for them but they went on for far longer. Some of them were at my home and I remember my mum saying, 'Khaana toh kha lo.' But I enjoyed the process that I didn't realise how much time had passed," Anushka was quoted as saying at the launch. She went on to elaborate on how she got into minor details of every outfit, further stating that even though she hasn't designed them herself, the approvals to the designers were all given by her.

"I give inputs on the styles, what works and what doesn't, I wanted the aesthetics to be according to my personal style," she had reiterated. When Mirror contacted Anushka, for a comment, her spokesperson said, "Several discrepancies have come to light over the last two days and we are in the process of getting to the bottom of this. We will not stop at taking the most stringent action required to resolve the situation and will share more details when we have complete clarity on the matter."

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